View Full Version : What are you waiting for? -Upgrade.
Ice Rich
12-08-2005, 01:25 AM
Hello,
What are you lot waiting for before your next upgrade? What are you hopeing to upgrade to?
For me, Im very intrested in the new crossfire range but will wait to see how they perform (from users).
Rich
Major_A
12-08-2005, 10:58 AM
1st - Money, don't have any.
2nd - New sockets, I don't care if I can't game at 2048X1536 or run Super Pi in 5 seconds. My computer is just fine for now.
Korpse
12-08-2005, 11:00 AM
Money...
Then.... a mountain mods case, 4x300GB Maxtor drives
See how it goes from there :)
Pisu87
12-08-2005, 11:05 AM
I'm just waiting the :banana: shop to replace my GTO² that came DOA :( :D
Arkangyl
12-08-2005, 12:23 PM
money mostly, also been waiting for the video cards to come down in price some more.. or maybe the next gen if it comes out sooner rather than later, really depends when I get the funds together
I am in for a huge upgrade, triggered by the Opteron madness. I got one well-clocking 175 and two good single-cores. Right now they are only sitting in test boxes, along with other 939 gear.
But I'll kick the P4C800-E deluxe with 2.8 GHz P4 out of my server and build a 939 X2 based server.
My gaming rig right now is a socket 754 at 2.6 GHz prime stable and a 6800 AGP. Out it goes, I use one of the single-core Opterons and get a PCIe card.
FreeBSD development will get a dedicated machine with the Opteron 175.
The great thing about this is that it will be cheap. The i875 board brings great money from Pentium-M overclockers or from Linux/FreeBSD people who want the CSA GbE. The 2.6 GHz 754 combo will sell well, too, with the prime95 shots.
Final upgrade motivation: I can sell the 6800 Ultra to somebody stuck with AGP for almost the same price that I have to pay for a new 7800GT.
I will also get rid of all that dual Pentium-III stuff that I have, the AMD dual-cores are just, uh, better.
craig588
12-08-2005, 03:08 PM
Anything new that's worthwhile. I already have a GTX SLI setup, a R134a rig, 2GB of BH5, and a 939 SD.
nn_step
12-08-2005, 07:50 PM
Fx-60 and 185 aren't out yet.. so that is what I am waiting for..
G80 and R580 are also on my to do list
OmegaMerc
12-08-2005, 09:14 PM
Games that actually stress the crap out of the hardware I have already, and that are actually worth while to play not a gimmic tech demo game.
trakslacker
12-09-2005, 01:11 PM
Games that actually stress the crap out of the hardware I have already, and that are actually worth while to play not a gimmic tech demo game.
Soo...like F.E.A.R., CoD2, and Q4? I'd imagine those games would put more than enough strain on your system at max. settings, highest AF/AA, and 16x12. In fact I think they might be mostly unplayable. ;)
As for me, I'm waiting on money. Being a poor college student can be fun, as long as you don't ever need to buy anything.
Cooper
12-09-2005, 04:42 PM
I`m actually pretty fine with my curent rig - but i`d like to change VGA to 7800GT or X1800XL. But I think I`ll wait till R580/G80 will come to market to take something more powerfull off the hands o` crazy OCer who sells recent high-end for cheap to buy new one :D . And I NEED good air cooler for CPU - this crappy cheap one I have is driving me nuts when I decide to OC my 146 Opty :hitself:
NickS
12-10-2005, 01:27 PM
Money & after xmas sales :D
Money.
M2 sounds nice and everything, but it will be cheaper to put a better 939 in the system I already have.